Dispensing device.



W. D. DOREMUS, DECD E. r. Donemus. Aommlsmmmx.

lDISPENSING DEVICE.

mmm/mon mio Nov. lo, 191s.

L, patented Jn.15,1918.

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DIISPENSEN@ DEWCE To all wwm t may concern:

Be it known that WILLARD D. DonfnMUs, deceased, late a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, did invent a new and useful Dispensing Device, of which the following4 is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing devices.

'lhis invention has for its object the provision of a simple, inexpensive and e- `cient device adapted for dispensing granulated or loose materials in measured quantities and is particularly designed for dispensing granulated sugar, being constructed and adapted for use in restaurants, lunch rooms and other public eating places where it is desired to keep sugar sealed against contamination by flies and the hands of patrons and to economically, yet satisfactorily, dispense the requisite quantity of granulated or powdered sugar required for a cup of codee, tea, or other beverage.

The invention 'embodies improvements whereby the hopper or receptacle for containing the sugar or other material to be dispensed can be readily filled and inspected and kept closed at all other times; further, improvements are provided by which any material .adhering to the walls of the hopper or container may be freed therefrom without opening the container and by which the act of operating the device to dispense a measured quantity of material therefrom, automatically and incidentally to such operation, causes the material within the A hopper to be agitated, stirred or prevented from y clogging or adhering to the walls of the contalner.

The invention contemplates, still further, the provision of improvements in the dispensing valve and cutoff, whereby a measured, and substantially the same, quantity of sugar or other material will be dispensed each vtime the device is operated, and sprayed so that it will suitably enter the cup of codec or other beverage without resulting in splashing, thus insuring an even distribution; still further improvements re-` side in the coupling and valve casing, whereby the container and its vsupporting stand or legs are detachably connected together, preventing accumulation of the material 1n any joint and permitting ready detachment whenldesired.

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'lihe nature and objects of the invention not hereinbefore'set forth will appear more fullyfrom the following detailed description of one embodiment of the invention,

which is to be considered as illustrative, rather than restrictive, of the scope thereof,

plete device, certain parts being in full lines;

Fig. 2, a detail perspective of the upper portion of the stem and agitators or stirrers;

Fig. 3, a detail longitudinal section of the closure; y

Fig. 4, a plan view of a modification of the lower agitator and stop;

Fig. 5, a bottom face view of the cut-od;

Fig. 6, a top view of the spreader;

Fig. 7, a plan view of the complete device; and I A Fig. 8, a detail of the valve.

A convex' base l which is provided with a depressed or countersunk circular portion 2 in its top, is supported by legs 3 suitably fastened to the base plate at 4. rlhe receptacle, hopper, or container 5 for the powdered, or granulated, sugar may be of any preferred shape, but is preferably provided with a contracted or conical lower portion 6 which has a cylindrical projecting ottoni 7 adapted to snugly t within the concavity 2 and to rest upon acking A valve casing and coupling which-has .a head 9 fitted within the bottom 'i' and resting en packing l0, has a cylindrical, tubular portion l1 which tightly tits and entends through an opening l2 in the bottom 'i' and a corresponding opening in the base l and is provided with screw-threads 13 engaged by a nut 14, the latter bearing against the under side of the base l and serving as a means to ti htly connect the container 5 to tainer may be of metal, it preferred.

A. cap 16 fits tightly, yet removably, over the upper open @11d Qt the container and 1S Miti lili@ l provided with a filling opening 17 which is Y covered by a\closure 18. On swinging the l closure 18 aside, the receptacle 5 may be filled, or inspected, without having to remove the cap 16. i

The stem 19 which carries the operative parts of the device, passes loosely through the closure 18 and cap 16 and is provided at its lower endv with a screw-threaded portion 20. Screwed on the threaded portion 20 is an annular spreader and guide 21 lwhich telescopes over the smooth, lower end of the valve casing andcoupling 11 and is edge of the spreader is beveled at 24, serving asan additional spreading means when the spreader 21 is depressed below the lower vedge of the coupling and valve casing 11.

Carried by the screw-threaded portion 20, above 'the spreader 21, is a valve 25 which has a coned upper end 26 and against whose lower face the hub of the spreader 21 abuts. rlherelationship of the cone 26 to the upper edge 24 and the spreading edges of the Webs 23 lis such that, the measured quantity of sugar contained within the valve casingll is spread outwardly in a sheet and directed to the edge 24 and the edges of the webs 23 and is sprayed, as it were, into the cup of coffee, for instance, which may be set in be-, tween the legs 3 4below the spreader, thus insuring free delivery of the sugar without resultin in' splashing in the cup of cotfee into whlch the sugar is discharged. Carried by the stem 19 is a cut-0H' 27 which is provided with a rose or toothed lower` face 28 and is of a diameter adapting it to-enter the upper open end of the valve casing and coupling 11 just prior to or approximately at the time that the cone valve 25 is opening to discharge the measured quantity of sugar contained within the valve casing 11, thereby cuttingI oli' further flow from the container 5 into the valve casing. On the upward liftof the-stem 19 by the expansion of spring 29, which surrounds the stem between the closure 18 and the detachable operating head 30, the parts are retracted to the position shown in Fig. 1. The spring 29 holds the closure 18 in place and yet permits it to be swun to one side or the other to enable filling o the container to be had. The operating head 30 is preferably screwed onto the stem 19 so that 1t canbe taken olf when desired.v y e The stem 19 carries the stirrers or agitators 31, 32 and 33. The upper and lower ones 31 and 33 may be in the same general plane and the agitator 32 disposed at an angle thereto. The uppermost stirrers or agitators 31 and 33 are adapted to easily engage the walls of theconta-iner o r receptacle 5 so that on turning the stem-9 by manipulation of the head 30they may .be

employed to scrape adhering 4material from the Walls of the container or receptacle. On depression of the stem 19, these agitators or Scrapers perform a scraping operation and they also tend to stir up the contents' of the receptacle 5 when the stem 9 is either depressed or turned. The act of pressing down on the head 30 for the purpose of dispensing the sugar involuntarily accomplishes a twistingpor turning action which tends, through the usual use of the device, to prevent adhesion of the material to the walls of the receptacle and also to stir the contents thereof. The lower stirrer or agitator 33 is adapted to operate-within the conical bottom 6 toI4 agitate the contents .thereof and clear its walls of adhesions ot' materials. rIhe agitator 33 also serves as a stop adapted to engage the conical portion 6 tolimit the downward play of the stem carried on.

In Fig. 4, there is shown a spiral agitator of resilient wire 34 which may be substituted for the agitator and stop 33.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to bc secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dispensing device, the combination with a container having a dispensing outlet, of a' spring-retracted reciprocatable and rotatable stem movable in relation thereto, ,a combined measuring and cut off valve operated thereby. controlling the dispensingoutlet, and stirrers or agitators carried by' said stem within the container adapted .to reciprocate and rotate with said stem. #f

2. Ina dispensing device, thefcombination with'a container having a dispensing outlet, of a spring-retracted vreciprocatable and rotatable stem, a combined measuring and cut olf valve operated thereby controlling the dispensing outlet, and stirrers or agitators carried by said stem within the container having angular end portions substantially engaging with the interior wall thereof adapted to dislodge material adhering to said wall by the combined reciprocation and rotation ofsaid stirrers.

3. In a dispensing device, Athe combination with a container having a tapered bottom portion and dispensing outlet therefor, of a-spring-retracted rotatable and reciprocatable stem, a valveoperated thereby controlling -the dispensing outlet, and a combined `stirrer and stop carried by the stem and adapted 'for engagement with the walls of said tapered bottom portion, and to reciprocate and rotate within said bottoniy and to engage with and scrape the latter when rocate and rotate Within said bottom, and

to engage With and'scrape the latter when the stem is depressed and turned, and freely projecting stirrers carried by the stem operating in the container above the aforesaid combined stirrer and stop and having angular ends, said stirrers being adapted to rotate with the stem and to scrape the Walls of the container.

5. In a dispensing device, the combination with a container having a valve casing Whose interior communicates With the coni tainer and Whose outer end serves as a dispensing outlet for said container, of an operating stem, a valve carried thereby controlling the outlet of said valve casing,.and a combined spreader and guide carried by said stem and telescoping over the outer end of the valve casing.:

I v 6. In a dispensing device, the combination withv a container having a valve casing Whose interior communicates with the container' and Whose outer end serves asa dispensing outlet for said container, of an operating stem, a valve carried thereby controlling the outlet of said valvecasing, and a combined spreader and guide carried by said stem and telescoping over the outer end ofthe valve casing, said combined spreader and guide having discharge openings and edged spreading Webs at itsbottom.

7. In a dispensing device, the combination with a container having a Valve casing Whose interior communicates with the container and Whose outer end serves as a dispensing outlet for said container, of an operating stem, a valve carried thereby controlling the I outlet of said valve casing, said valve having a spreading cone, and a combined spreader and guide carried by said stem and telescoping over the outer end of the valve casing, said combined spreader and guide having discharge openings and edged spreading Webs at its bottom.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ax my signature.

f ElEFIE lE.. DOREMUS,

Admnstmtrz'm of the estate of Willard D.

Doremue, deceased. 

